Episode 1085. Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Moloch’s handsome face was distorted.
He couldn’t believe that he, the lord of the demons, was being chased by humans.
‘This isn’t it. Something’s wrong.’
He thought he was bewitched by something.
Otherwise, there is no way that a mere human would be able to push himself to the level of a god.
To the demons, humans were inferior to monsters except for the fact that they could communicate.
Moloch tempered his excitement.
And he calmly recalled Baron Elio Lagoa’s swordsmanship.
‘Nonsense.’
Baron Elio Lagoa’s swordsmanship was not possible with a human body.
Human life span is not infinite.
Of course, there is a limit to how much mana or energy can be accumulated.
Even a sword master cannot transcend that limit.
But Baron Elio Lagoa was different.
He created hundreds of thousands of aura blades, which was an impossible swordsmanship for humans.
‘Is it Mana Phras’ trick?’
Come to think of it, it is strange that there is a hole in the ice wall that is said to be immortal.
I thought that there was a door to the human world, and I wondered what kind of windfall this was, but it doesn’t seem to be just like that.
However, it was somehow strange to say that it was Mana Phras’ work.
It was because Baron Helio Lagoa used aura instead of mana.
‘what?’
If you want to do this, it takes that, and if you want to do that, it takes another.
After thinking for a while, Moloch stopped at a sudden sense of incongruity.
Don’t you feel safe even though you’re hiding in the dark ether?
It feels like standing naked in front of absolute power like the evil god Shaitin.
As Moloch looked back in uneasiness, an astonishment erupted from his mouth.
“omg!”
Write it…
A huge red sword cut through the dark ether and approached.
The overwhelming size of the sword and the unfathomable power contained within it took away the will to fight.
It is not a situation to be relieved to be in the dark ether.
In the blink of an eye, the red sword approached right in front of him, and Moloch struck it down with the magical sword Aetherdum.
I had no intention of fighting it from the beginning.
It only took a moment to teleport.
Kwak-kwang-!
Moloch’s upper body was twisted by the terrible anti-resilience.
“this!”
Teleporting is a magical operation that requires a high degree of mental concentration.
Unlike his mind, Moloch couldn’t use teleport.
A red sword pierced his staggering stomach.
“Cheak!”
Moloch’s screams echoed through the dark ether.
It was the end of Moloch, one of the seventy-two lords who ruled over Tamion.
The red sword that had dealt with Moloch, a being comparable to a god, quietly disappeared into the dark ether.
After Moloch died, the dark ether slowly began to clear.
Upon noticing the death of their monarch, the demons ran away without looking back.
The Witchbeasts and Demonic Spirits around Glaches Fortress also scattered.
Less than 5 minutes later, the blue sky appeared.
Elio stood at the castle and looked around.
The corpses of demons and beasts are all around Glaches Fortress.
Elio, who was looking at the demon’s corpse with a confused face, turned around.
I don’t know what to say to make the knights believe it.
After a while, Elio knocked on the door of the abandoned castle.
A nervous voice was heard from behind the closed door.
“who are you? Are you Baron Lagoa by any chance?”
“that’s right. The demons have withdrawn, so you can come out now.”
Despite Elio’s words, the door to the ruined castle did not open easily.
It is half-doubtful.
Elio shook his head excitedly.
Even though a door made of wood means nothing to demons, they act as if something big happens if they open it.
“Open it and come out. If I were a demon, I would have broken it in.”
Only then did the door of the abandoned castle creak open.
Soon after, soldiers and knights came out of the castle one by one.
“The dark ether has been lifted!”
“The demons have retreated!”
“I live! I live!”
Only then did the survivors who had been cowering in the castle pour out.
They jumped up and down for joy only after seeing the corpses scattered around the fort.
“Lagoa! Lagoa! Goa!”
When someone led the way, the survivors chanted the name of Lagoa in unison.
Elio left the people with a confused face and headed for the castle.
Fabian hurriedly followed him.
“Squadron commander! Squadron commander!”
“Stop calling. I will run out of breath.”
“What happened? What are all these corpses?”
“After killing Moloch, they suddenly started fighting among themselves and then left.”
“You said the demons fought each other?”
“I think demons are similar to humans. Continental languages are good too. Did something disagree?”
Elio glanced at Fabian’s face.
I thought it would be strange to say that I killed everyone, so I tried it, but it seems to work surprisingly well.
“Yah! That’s great. I heard that demons fight a lot over the position of monarch… I’m not joking.”
“really?”
Elio was startled when Fabian bit the rice cake he had inadvertently tossed.
“Yes, the strongest among the demons becomes the monarch, right? Is there more than a fight to sort out the strong? They say they fight for their lives. Don’t even herbivores like deer fight to the death for possession of females? If the demons are more than that, they will be more, not less.”
“I see. Thanks to you, I passed like this, so I don’t know what the future holds. yes?”
“Ah, that also happened because the company commander killed Moloch. The company commander saved Glaches Fortress.”
“How come so much…”
“By the way, the great nobles who escaped would be quite sick to their stomachs if they knew this? If they had known it would end by killing one Moloch, they would not have run away either.”
“I know. The tempers are urgent.”
“But it’s a bit strange.”
“what?”
“Tameion’s lords are known for beings worthy of gods. Isn’t that what the company commander killed? Isn’t it the same as if the company commander killed God?”
“It’s all rumors. You can’t just believe the rumors. Besides, who knows what God’s power is? Have you met him?”
“I guess so.”
Fabian readily agreed.
In fact, rumors tend to be exaggerated.
***
The demons who had besieged Glaches Fortress disappeared, but the survivors did not leave the fortress.
It was because it was unknown how many demons and monsters still remained in Hirhera.
The soldiers gathered the corpses of the demons in one place and burned them.
This is to prevent the starving beasts of Tameion from becoming demon beasts by eating demon beasts or monster corpses.
It was not easy to collect the bodies and burn them.
About two hundred soldiers—working from morning until late at night—took a full week to clear the body.
Near the end of the maintenance near the Glaches Fortress, the great nobles who had escaped returned to the Glaches Fortress with an improvised force.
The great nobles repaired the ruined castle and installed the Kingdom Alliance Command Headquarters there.
And he immediately summoned Baron Elio Lagoa.
Elio repeated what he had told Fabian.
The reaction of the great nobles was not much different from Fabian’s.
They thought that the internal conflict between the demons had exploded.
They congratulated Baron Helio Lagoa on his victory, but at the same time struggled to diminish his credit.
However, the fact that he killed Moloch could not be denied.
After a heated argument, the nobles cut short the battle at Glaches Fortress.
“Baron Elio Lagoa killed Moloch, and the demons who lost their monarch returned to Tamion.”
And the great nobles of the three kingdoms held a banquet for the survivors who remained in Glaches Fortress.
Glaches Fortress, which was filled with the energy of death, turned into a place of festival in an instant.
Glazes Fortress.
Seokjogung Kingdom Alliance Command Headquarters.
Duke Escatos stood before the nobles of the three kingdoms.
After Baron Helio Lagoa kept the Glaches Fortress, the Kingdom of Escatos was recognized as the leader of the Kingdom Alliance.
“As soon as the banquet is over, we must defeat the demons and monsters left in Tamion. Let’s scatter in three directions and drive the beasts and monsters into the rift. On the left side, I want the center of Baylum to be in charge of Escatos, and the right side is to be taken by Raminof Kingdom. Do you have any other opinions about this?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“I will.”
There was no opposition from the kingdoms of Baylem and Raminov.
If you leave Hirhera’s demons and monsters unattended, you never know when they will go to Baylam or Raminof, so you had to organize them here.
“We need to pay close attention to see if the demons have returned to Tamion or scattered to the north.”
At the request of Duke Escatos, the nobles nodded.
In fact, I was worried about the monsters and monsters, but compared to the danger of the demons, it could be said that it was new blood.
The monsters and monsters were somehow able to be sorted out on the lord line.
But demons are different.
Even low-ranking demons were difficult to block with the lord’s forces.
So it was very important to check if some of the demons still remained in the north.
At the end of the story, Duke Herbert Liberato of the Kingdom of Baylem got lucky.
“But Moloch’s death may not do us any good.”
Iskra Raminof of Raminof Kingdom asked with an absurd face.
“What kind of little thing is that? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?”
“Think about it. Moloch is the lord of the fissured Mokuvas. It means that the position of Lord of Mokuvas has become vacant. That means that lords from other lands can freely pass through Mokuvas. If the lords of Tameyon learn about the rift… a more difficult fight than now may begin.”
“…”
For an instant, silence fell in the central hall of the Seokjogung Palace.
Come to think of it, it wasn’t something I liked just because the demons had returned.
Because there is no lord of Mokuvas, now other lords can pass Mokubas.
Duke Escatos’ voice broke the silence.
“I’ll go and think about it then. Fortunately, we have a little time to prepare. Let’s ask the other kingdoms of the Empire and the North to cooperate. If they find out that there is a war between humans and demons in Hirhera, they will definitely come to help.”
Duke Herbert Liberato said with a bitter face.
“The empire will only move when fire falls on my feet. You said you withdrew the magic corps even though you knew about the rift in Hirhera?”
“That happened before the war with the demons broke out. Now that the demons have invaded, the empire won’t be able to cross the river like a sage.”
“Are you the emperor? If that person were to take this opportunity to drain the power of the Northern Kingdom, he would just sit idle. You say you’re still at odds with the South? You don’t know when that will happen with the North…. We’ll move right before we’re ruined.”
At Duke Herbert Liberato’s point, the two dukes could not refute.
Looking at the empire’s progress so far, it seems that it will remain that way.
As the air grew heavy, Duke Escatos called attention.
“Even so, we have Baron Elio Lagoa, who slain Moloch. Frankly, he’s more reliable than the Empire right now. Isn’t it?”
Duke Herbert Liberato and Duke Iskra Raminof nodded reluctantly.
It was also true that Baron Elio Lagoa was the only place the Northern Kingdom could rely on now that the Empire was not stepping out.
Suddenly, Duke Iskra Raminov spoke to himself.
“If the rumors about Tameion’s seventy-two lords are exaggerated… then maybe we can protect Hirhera with the power of the Northern Kingdom.”
The great nobles who had fled from Moloch’s army nodded.